Saturday, April 2, 2016
Surname Saturday: Boe
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My mother's maiden name, Boe, comes from the name of the farm that my ancestors lived on in Bø, Telemark, Norway. One very frustrat...
Friday, April 1, 2016
Friend of Friends Friday: Joe, Slave of James Wynn, Deceased
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North Carolina Magazine or Universal Intelligencer , 6 July-13 July 1764, page 48 RAN away from my Saw Mill on Slocomb's Creek, a N...
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Eiffel Tower Opens
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The Eiffel Tower was designed to be the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair ( Exposition Universelle ), which was held in Paris, Fran...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Wednesday's Child: Claus Halvorsen Sønstebø
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My 5th-great-grandparents Halvor Eriksen Sønstebø and Kari Jorgensdatter Grave became the parents of a son, Claus, on 6 May 1792 in Bø, Tele...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Knights of Columbus Founder's Day
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March 29 is Knights of Columbus Founder's Day. On 2 October 1881, Father Michael J. McGivney , the assistant pastor of St. Mary's Ch...
Monday, March 28, 2016
Matrilineal Monday: Elisabeth Arzner
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My 5th-great-grandmother Elisabeth Arzner is my earliest known ancestor in my direct maternal line. She was born about 1758. On 26 April 178...
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Easter 1945
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My father, Easter Sunday, 1 April 1945, Chicago, Illinois
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